Champlin, Lippa, Etc. Set for 12/6 'Jamie deRoy & friends'

Celebrate the holiday season with acclaimed cabaret performer Jamie DeRoy when she salutes the holidays with a special Holiday Show 2006 edition of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, "Jamie DeRoy & friends" on Wednesday, December 6th (8PM) at the New York hotspot The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street Between 5th & 6th Avenues).

This special event will feature the following artists: cabaret stars Tom Andersen, Scott Coulter, and Tim DiPasqua; noted Broadway performer Donna Lynne Champlin; Grammy Award-winner Julie Gold; award-winning composer Andrew Lippa; acclaimed celebrity impersonator Chuck Sweeney; Broadway leading man Sal Viviano; Broadway funny man Noah Weisberg and noted violinist Krystof Witek.  Barry Kleinbort is the director of "Jamie DeRoy & friends" and Lanny Meyers serves as musical director.

"The colorful cabaret series, which has been thrilling New York City audiences for the past 15 years and serves as the basis for deRoy's award-winning cable television show, spotlights a wide variety of well-known entertainers and newcomers lighting up the cabaret, theater, and comedy worlds."

Jamie DeRoy has won eight MAC Awards, four BackStage Bistro Awards, nine Telly Awards and CaB Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award for her extensive work on both stage and screen. deRoy has appeared onstage with Joan Rivers and has headlined at many of New York's major clubs. She has produced seven CDs in the "Jamie DeRoy & friends" series on the Harbinger label. Her theatre producing credits include Broadway's Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life; Say Goodnight, Gracie, The Two and Only and the off-Broadway hits Terrance McNally's Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), and Indian Blood.  Her TV and film producing credits include the Emmy-nominated "The Biggest Little Operas in Town" for Channel 13 and Rick McKay's documentary Broadway: The Golden Age.  Her acting credits include appearances on the television shows "Alice," "Spiderman" and "Knight Rider," and in the films GoodFellas, Raging Bull, See No Evil Hear No Evil, and Married to It. Onstage, she appeared with Rene Auberjonois in The Threepenny Opera, as well as in The Drunkard with musical direction by Barry Manilow.

"Jamie DeRoy & friends" at Metropolitan Room at Gotham, 34 West 22 Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) has a $20 cover charge plus a two beverage minimum.  For reservations, please call (212) 206-0440.